Huang Renyu's death and movies

Adrienne 2022-02-03 08:13:23

Recently, I stumbled across a memorial article by Ray Huang’s brother, Huang Jingcun, and I learned that the late blooming historian had died at the front desk of a New York movie theater. The cause of his death was a heart attack. And the movie he wanted to see but couldn't see was Snow Falling on Cedars.
It must have been cold in New York in the early 2000s, and Huang was in his 80s, and he and his wife drove more than 20 miles to watch the movie. Along the way, Huang seemed to have a hunch. When talking about life and death and what happened behind him, at the front desk of the theater, he only said that he would fall to the ground if he felt bad, but it was too late to send him to the hospital. I really don't know if there was snow in New York when Huang left?
I wonder what kind of movie is so magical that attracted the 82-year-old historian? Perhaps Huang himself is a man full of imagination. From the lengthy battlefield newsletter he wrote for Ta Kung Pao in 1943, to the release of Wanli Fifteen Years 40 years later, to his death to watch a movie, it seems to be a plot-rich story in itself. movie too.

Here's an excerpt from his brother's original text:
I learned that on that day, Ray and Gayle (wife) went to a movie theater, with Gayle driving. The place was some twenty plus miles from New Paltz. The movie they planned to see was entitled now “Falling on Cedars”. Just as they arrived at the theater, Ray said he did not feel well. On entering the reception area and sitting down, he collapsed. When the ambulance brought him to the Emergency Section of a nearby hospital, it was too late for the doctors to save the patient.
At the time, other than grief stricken, I was somewhat puzzled: My brother Ray was a serious person. He seldom did things out of the ordinary and extravagant. Why would he want to watch a movie on the daytime of a weekend? In order to understand the circumstance, I checked into a Web page in the Internet to find the movie background. Through the Internet, I found that the movie now Falling on Cedars was based on a best-selling novel of the same title first published in 1994. The Chinese version of the book had since been published. The backdrop of the story was a small island town in the bay near Seattle, Washington. During a heavy snowstorm, a local journalist attended the murder trial in the town court. The story involved love between two persons of different racial background. It described the psychology of the local residents,specifically people greed, jealousy, prejudice, as well as friendship and generosity. These aspects were reflected through the eye view of the journalist. Accessing the situation, my conjecture was that my brother Ray had some serious motivation in going to the theater. Ray was interested in writing novels. To watch the movie, he could compare the presentation of one story in two media: in book form and in an audio-visual format.in book form and in an audio-visual format.in book form and in an audio-visual format.

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Extended Reading
  • Jamil 2022-02-03 08:13:23

    The film was nominated for Best Cinematography at the 72nd Academy Awards. The first half of the film is dull and messy, but the second half is brilliant. Directly poke at the weakness of human nature, in the face of national hatred and family hatred, can you still maintain a righteous stand and be an upright person? It is a pity that films reflecting on the war are always shot by the victimized country, and the perpetrator country has so far spared no effort to promote the glorious record of militarism in the past.

  • Roderick 2022-04-22 07:01:55

    Beautiful picture, boring story

Snow Falling on Cedars quotes

  • Arthur Chambers: That's the thing with girls. They grew up and break your heart.

  • Nels Gudmundsson: It takes a rare thing, a turning point, to free oneself from any obsession. Be it prejudice or hate, or, even love.